Filed under: dar al-funoon, My Brother Mohammed, PrettyGreenBullet|The Second Exhibition | Tags: dar al-funoon, Exhibition, photos
I love this photo. it sort of makes me sad and proud of my son at the same time. he really took his job as photo room organizer seriously. although he looks alone in this photo, he had the three ladies presiding over him
For every one of my exhibitions in the past five years, my brother Mohammed Alkandari has been there for me, snapping away. I always value his ‘eye’ and his point of view, and his photos never cease to surprise me. There was absolutely no editing done on these photos taken with his new Leica (which for some reason I want to keep calling Lycra) camera. Thank you, Moh. I love them! (more…)
Filed under: dar al-funoon, PrettyGreenBullet|The Second Exhibition | Tags: Exhibition, preparation
a few of my postcards hanging nicely. leaving soon to the gallery to straighten them out
Wow. For someone who doesn’t like to abbreviate, I just slashed the hell out of my title. Sorry, both busy and still a little under the weather. Just wanted to share some of the preparation photos with you. See you all tonight if you can come. Remember the polkadots! (more…)
Filed under: dar al-funoon, PrettyGreenBullet|The Second Exhibition, The Kuwait Scene | Tags: dar al-funoon, event, Exhibition, ghadah alkandari
Cross the bridge for details! (more…)
Filed under: dar al-funoon, The Kuwait Scene | Tags: bader albassam, black and white, dar al-funoon, Exhibition, photography
two of albassam's photographs recline as the day continues to be beautiful in the courtyard outside this window
One of our trips this morning took us to Dar Al-Funoon gallery in Sharq. We were hoping to get a glimpse of tomorrow night’s show by Kuwaiti photographer Bader Albassam. And we did. I really enjoyed gazing at his prints, done with standard film and natural lighting. Taken on his trips to countries such as Russia, Yemen and Cuba, Albassam captures intimate moments and truly manages to freeze time, inviting the viewer to enjoy the experiences as he experienced them. Good photography and good company: great hugs from Lucy and her friend Noorah Hadeed, and good to see Cuckoo, the resident pigeon, again. (more…)
Filed under: dar al-funoon, The Kuwait Scene | Tags: adel younesi, afshin chizari, dar al-funoon, Exhibition, nima alizadeh, peyman hooshmandzadeh, rozita sharafjahan
I went to the Dar Al-Funoon Gallery this morning with a preconceived idea. A friend of mine wasn’t very impressed with this exhibition and I jumped at the opportunity to voice my opinion about the unfairness of the art world and how, in little Kuwait, we seem to be overlooked by the international art community and overshadowed by Iran’s art force (for the sake of simplicity I’m going to use words like ‘good’, ‘bad’ and ‘art’ to put my points across). I was formulating a spiel in my head that just because it’s Irani doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good. But damn it, yet again I was wrong. Well, partly anyway. And so I discarded my opinions and started afresh. (more…)
